"They want to teach the Holocaust. They just want a friendlier Holocaust to teach." [View all]

[kpete]

This is a great interview with Art Spiegelman on what the Maus controversy is about (rather than what lots of people are yelling about)

As Spiegelman sees it, the real reason for the board’s decision may be that the narrative of Maus offers no catharsis, let alone comfort, to readers. There are no saviors. No one is redeemed. The characters — Spiegelman’s family — remain the imperfect people they were to begin with. “It’s a very not-Christian book,” Spiegelman says. “Vladek didn’t become better as a result of his suffering. He just got to suffer. They want to teach the Holocaust. They just want a friendlier Holocaust to teach.”

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https://www.vulture.com/article/art-spiegelman-maus-interview.html